Leaving aside whether Shally and her Leviathan would be able to play their part in the tailing operation, the target she was tracking—the marauder invasion fleet—seemed so confident in its combat strength and defenses against surprise attacks that it hadn't bothered to establish a warning net spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers, or even several star systems. Naturally, it hadn't noticed what was happening in the asteroid belt.
Of course, given the size of their fleet, they didn't seem to care about concealing their movements. So when the bulk of their forces left the rarely visited URW46 star region and entered the busy "New World Highway," they were spotted by the Commonwealth's automated reconnaissance devices stationed there. The devices immediately sent a warning signal toward New Lushun via gravity waves. All the information they recorded and received would be sent to the gravity-wave relay port in the star system, then relayed like a beacon to the Commonwealth's New World Command in New Lushun.
However, gravity-wave signals were conspicuous, and the marauder fleet soon detected the reconnaissance drones. They immediately dispatched a considerable number of fighters toward the source of the signal.
These assault fighters from the galactic core excelled at heavy firepower and high-speed charges. They were less like fighters and more like specialized interceptors, designed specifically to clear orbital installations. They quickly found the drones and destroyed them all with a barrage of gunfire.
For the marauder fleet pressing onward, this was only a minor interruption. They didn't reduce their speed or alter their course in the slightest.
Meanwhile, the technicians aboard the Bloodwing had already forwarded the intercepted gravity-wave signal to their fleet commander, Warlord Sazaka.
He was a hulking giant nearly four meters tall. Even by the standards of the Maishan trollfolk, he was an imposing figure.